Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia 2

Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia 2 will be the second edition of the Kaohportian show Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia. This second installment of the show will be used to select the Kaohportian entry in the third Maia Song Contest. Like the previous edition, the show will feature 2 semi-finals and a final, all hosted in Studje 31 in Shilervom. The series will be hosted by the KNRT presenting duo Jan Versteegh and Geraldine Kemper while a still unknown foreign celebrity has been contracted to host the green room segments in the final.

Alizee was declared the winner of the contest, with the remaining acts all announced as runners-up.

Format
The show consists of two semi-finals and a final. Ten songs, two from each province, are entered into the competition. 6 of them qualify to the final (3 entries from each semi-final) where the winner will be selected.

Entries
All five provinces can enter two entries of their own choice in the contest. Each of their entries will be allocated to a semi-final by random draw where the running order is also determined by a random draw. Usually provinces select their entries internally. Either the songwriter, composer or singer has to be from the province they are representing, which may lead to singers from other provinces or even other nations competing in the contest.

Shows
One song from each country will be allocated in the first semi-final, the other song performs in the second semi-final. The top three from each semi-final will advance to the final where 6 songs will compete for the win. It is possible that a province has both of their songs eliminated in the semi-finals, while it's also possible a province has both of it's entries advance to the final.

The semi-finals will be opened by the contestants participating in that semi-final covering a song from the previous edition of the Maia Song Contest. In the final, the six finalists cover the Kaohportian song from that contest, Finding Out More

Semi-final
Each province will send two jury members (one male, one female) to the contest. In the semi-finals, these are solely responsible for awarding points in the name of their province. Each jury member (10 in total) awards 2, 4, 6 and 8 points; 8 points to the song they like most, 2 points to the song they like least. Jury members may not award points to the entry from their own province. The three entries that get the highest amount of points from the juries advance to the final. Only the qualifiers will be announced; full results are released after the final. Juries vote during the so-called jury rehearsal, which takes place one day before the televised show.

Final
Jury members will still vote in the same fashion as in the semi-final. However, in the final, televoting is also responsible for half of the voting process. Televoting results are calculated by province; once again, provinces may not vote for their own entry. The amount of televotes cast per entry by a province are added up and turned into points, with 8 points going to the song with the highest amount of televotes, and 2 points going to the song with the least amount of televotes. Because there are two jury members per province but only one televote result, the televoting points are doubled to make the voting a 50/50 split between juries and televoters. This means each country will award 4, 8, 12 and 16 points from televoting. While jury members still vote during the jury rehearsal, televoting takes place during the televised show.

Semi-final
Since juries vote before the televised show, no interval act is required. The jury scores are added up and the three highest scoring entries advance to the final. These three countries are announced in a random order.

Final
The revelation of the final results happens in two parts. In the first part, the jury members read out their votes one by one, while a digital scoreboard keeps track of the amount of points each country receives. After all ten juries have voted in a randomly determined order, the televoting results are revealed. The hosts first announce the score of the last place in televoting; this score is then added to the total score. After the televoting last place, the second-to-last place is announced, and so forth, ending with the televoting winner. The entry that has received the most points after both parts of the results show is the winner of Lejda Ka'ohi par Maia 1 and wins the right to represent Kaohportia in the Maia Song Contest 3.

Entries
The entry submission period was opened right after Maia Song Contest 2, on the 25th of August while it is open until the 4th of September. On that same day, semi-final allocation and starting position draws will be held. The semi-finals will be held on Tuesday 30 August and Thursday 1 September while the final will air live in over 20 countries on Saturday the 3rd of September.

Semi-final 1
The first semi-final took place on August 31 and was opened by all contestants in the semi-final covering "La Dolce Vita" by Zazie.

Semi-final 2
The second semi-final took place on the 1st of September and was opened by all the contestants in the semi-final covering "I Remember U" by Cartoon and Juri Pootsmann

Final
The final will take place on the third of September and will be opened by the contestants in the final covering "Finding Out More" by HAEVN.

Darkwood Relations
After the results were revealed and Lea Rue came runner-up to winner Alizee, many countries became outraged, especially Darkwood, whose president denouced Kaohportia on live television. The day after, however, the president said he was sorry for his actions and revealed that him and the Kaohportia leader were actually hot boyfriends so everything was ok in the end (except for the fact that Lea Rue didn't win but Alizee is pretty cool too so it's alright.)

Lea Rue Scandal
When Lea Rue discovered she was not the winner of the event, she immediately stormed the stage, pushing winner Alizee out of the way and stepping up to the mic. She screamed at the crowd, calling them idiots, before renouncing her Kaohportian citizenship in front of the entire audience. Afterwards, she ran out of the stadium and into the woods, where she has yet to be found.